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A friend and Fortean has passed away. A fellow admirer of Mothman and the anomalies all around us, such as the “name game,” is gone. A tribute to a lifelong legacy of Fortean works. Bibliography. Images.

Read: John A. Keel Has Died »

From an alleged Bigfoot in ice to a mysterious body on a beach, from a new manta ray to a giant elephant shrew, it was quite a year. Images.

Read: The Top 10 Cryptozoology Stories of 2008 »

Politics do exist in cryptozoology, hominology, and Bigfoot studies. Don’t believe anyone that tells you differently. Robert W. Morgan has a few things to share about some recent lies.

Read: Rumors and Mistruths Poison Bigfootry »

Today is September 1st, the day when all would be revealed by Matt Whitton and Ric Dyer about the alleged Bigfoot they “tripped” across in the woods of north Georgia. Can you imagine if there would have been two additional weeks of hype leading up to today’s date, waiting on a final resolution of this story? Images.

Read: Cover Story: The Unraveling Of The Bigfoot Hoax »

The Water Horse Land Sightings at Loch Ness On this section of the autoway around Loch Ness, an eyewitness once saw an unknown creature cross the road. The dirty little secret that drives two groups – the closed minded debunkers and the plesiosaur true believers – totally mad is the file on land sightings of […]

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In Ivan T. Sanderson’s 1960 Saturday Evening Post article, “Riddle of the Frozen Giants,” he wrote of his catastrophic astronomical theory to explain the frozen mammoths and frozen wooly rhinos. Sanderson was laughed at for his thoughts. But was he right, after all? Sanderson’s claims were frequently debunked because, among other items, mammoths were supposedly […]

Read: Mammoth Space-Blast: Sanderson Vindicated »

Joshua Gates (R) displaying alleged footprint of Yeti. Updated with new video. See at bottom. On this way back from Nepal, Josh has deplaned in Zanzibar and written a quick report for us here. Meanwhile, my coauthor Patrick appeared on Fox National News to talk about our field guide’s sense of these new Yeti reports […]

Read: Exclusive from Josh Gates on Yeti Tracks »

Here are some recent things said by Brent Swancer (mystery man) and Sheila Collins (kittenz) in an exchange about hybrids, which was going off-topic within another blog. The opinions expressed in the following comments do not (necessarily) express those of any Cryptomundo bloggers, and should be viewed as readers’ commentary versus verified factual information that […]

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Cryptozoology has inspired some dynamic, colorful and intriguing logos for organizations, publications, and expeditions. Concurrently today, I will share and launch the new Duncan Hopkins-designed logo for the International Cryptozoology Museum. But before that event, I wanted to give a tip of my fedora to the legacy of logos that exist in the field of […]

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A comparison of wrist bones like those found in the “hobbit” human (left) and those of a modern human suggest that the diminutive hominin is a unique species, scientists say. Image © Science It is one of those busy news days, especially in terms of fossil updates. The two big fossil discovery news items are […]

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The name game is played daily. One word, “Lafayette,” which can be translated from the French as “the little fairy” or “the little enchantment,” is an especially fascinating focus, my friends. This specific element of the name game that Jim Brandon wrote about in Weird America, and that I have discussed in Mysterious America, is […]

Read: Fayette Factor Fascinates On 250th »

Tatzelwurm, Source Alp Johann Nepomuk Ritter von Alpenburg: Mythen und Sagen Tirols, Zürich, 1857 And Roy Chapman Andrews: Auf der Fährte des Urmenschen, Leipzig, 1927, pp. 93-94 BN Blätter für Naturkunde und Naturschutz, Wien, 21.Jhg. 1934, pp. 22-23, 40-41 Bre1 Prof.Dr.Otto zur Strassen (Editor): Brehms Tierleben, Vierte Auflage Band 5, Lurche und Kriechtiere – Band […]

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With all the talk about pseudo-skeptiks here on Cryptomundo as of late, I thought that I would republish this post. From January 18, 2006 Answering the Bigfoot Skeptics Published on LiveScience.com today is an article written by a Cryptomundo commenter, Benjamin Radford, editor of the Skeptical Inquirer, entitled, “Rare Woodpecker Search Sheds Light on Bigfoot.” […]

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I was contacted by a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram several days ago in regards to an article he was writing regarding the Biscardi “Bigfoot Expedition” planned for next month in Paris, TX. I detailed the incident when I shared the press release for the event here on Cryptomundo last week at Bigfoot Reality […]

Read: Update: Bigfoot Reality TV Show? »

Melissa Hovey has given her permission to reproduce her recent blog on this matter completely. All comment are hers. – Loren +++++++++++++ Sunday, December 31, 2006 The MK Interview on Bigfoot Live. Dear Readers, Well, M.K. Davis has finally spoken up about his use of Rick Noll’s work, and he also discusses his new “discovery” […]

Read: M. K. Davis Apologizes and “Clouds” Bigfoot With Almasty »